An assessment model for temporary multi-organisational (TMO) integration in construction projects / Arina Rahmat

The decentralisation in the construction industry has been determined by the lack of
temporary multi-organisational (TMO) to collaborate successfully when delivering
projects. There is incompetence of research in highlighting the importance of measuring
the TMO integration and no evidence of the assessment model established for TMO
integration in Malaysia. This research aims to establish an assessment model in
measuring TMO integration for construction projects. In order to do so, five objectives
have been expressed: (i) to identify the applicable and the most significant key
determinants (KDs) of successful TMO integration, (ii) to establish an appropriate lead
and lag of Quantitative Measures (QMs) for each KD, (iii) to determine an appropriate
performance index of TMO integration in the range of five performance levels from
poor to excellence performance, (iv) to develop an integrated model for measuring the
TMO integration and (v) to verify and authenticate the utilisation of the assessment
model in the real-life construction projects. In this study, a mixed method was used for
data collection namely, semi-structured interview and Delphi questionnaire survey.
Delphi questionnaire survey was carried out to obtain the information regarding the
current practices of TMO integration by practitioners from vigorous segments of the
Malaysian construction industry. The significant contributions of this research in the
clarification of the KDs in TMO integration and introduced significant of KDs and the
range of index to measure the performance index of KDs and QMs. The limitations of
this research were limited to experience contractors that registered under Construction
Industry Development Board (CIDB) and awarded in Malaysian Construction Industry
Excellence Awards 2016 (MCIEA). This research contributes not only to expand the
knowledge in the concept of collaboration and integration but also for the
implementation of collaboration and integration in the construction industry,
particularly in Malaysia, through the developed assessment. The upcoming research can
replicate the theoretical models approaches to investigate the measuring of the new
variables KDs.